The research encompassed 5,983 amphibian, 9,630 avian, 5,004 mammal, and 8,939 reptile species and was published on December 8, 2023, in the Journal of Zoology. [Press Release]
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Zuckerman’s last trip to Israel was in October. On that occasion, he visited an IDF reserve unit near the Lebanese border, which had no trucks to move around the reservists’ gear. He promptly contributed $2,000 for the unit to purchase a trailer for hauling its equipment. [SDJW staff]
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Next Friday evening, January 19, will be celebrated in San Diego and across North America as the Shabbat of Love. Locally the event is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of San Diego. [SDJW staff report]
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California, Israel, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, USA“These findings are worrying because a decrease in the amount of storms leads to a decrease in the amount of rain, which in turn causes further damage to the forests. This is a dangerous feedback loop, which could severely damage the forests that provide the earth with a significant portion of the oxygen in the atmosphere and absorb a large portion of the carbon dioxide emitted by us into the atmosphere.” [Tel Aviv University Press Release]
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The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) celebrates its 50th anniversary this season. The orchestra started at the old Jewish Community Center on 54th Street and changed its name when it moved its home to the social hall of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Diego. [SDJW staff]
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Editor’s Note: This is the 13th chapter in Volume 3 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.” All three books as well as others written by Harrison may be purchased from Amazon.com. Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5, Volume 3, Exit 41B (Encinitas Boulevard): Leichtag Commons From northbound Interstate
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Schenk noted that, “There is a small but vocal community opposing the animals on the property and having livestock on the property and the sale of livestock. Our mission statement is about making the fairgrounds an agricultural environment. We are part of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. So, those who would take exception to our mission statement are the ones who would say, ‘well you know, you shouldn’t have young people selling their livestock.’ Well they are the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and members of 4-H and that is the world in which they want to spend their career, or their hobbies, and that is what their circle of life is all about – animal husbandry…” [Donald H. Harrison]
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From the most expensive item down to the least expensive, here are the Biblical Zoo’s 17 wishes for its 30th anniversary at its present location in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem: {Donald H. Harrison]
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Spike, the alligator, was discovered 32 years ago in Los Angeles in someone’s bathtub. If an alligator is discovered in the wild, and in need of rescue because of an injury, it is released back to the wild after being nursed to health. However, in the case of alligators found illegally in domestic settings, they are taken to live permanently at rescue centers because the circumstances of their breeding are unknown. Alligators that are in-bred by unscrupulous breeders may carry defective genes that should not be released into the wild alligator gene pool, Kerschner explained. [Donald H. Harrison]
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The famed Michelangelo sculpture of the biblical David, portrayed as a naked young man with a sling over his shoulder and a rock in his hand, was viewed in Florence, Italy, on Friday by Hope Carrasquilla, the former principal of Tallahassee (Florida) Classical school who was ousted from her position after parents complained she permitted students to see a picture of the statue without their permission. The museum’s director, Cecilie Hollberg, commented that David “has nothing to do with pornography” but rather is a “religious symbol of purity and innocence, the victory of good over evil.” [Donald H. Harrison]
Holocaust Survivor Joseph Alexander, 100, will tell of his experiences at Chabad of Poway at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 27, exactly four years after a gunman murdered Lori Gilbert Kaye and wounded four other people. Reservations are required via chabadpoway.com. On May 4, Cheryl Rattner Price, executive director of The Butterfly Project, and Sandra Scheller, curator of the RUTH: Remember Us the Holocaust, will be among speakers at a 1:30 p.m. presentation on the Holocaust at Southwestern College in Chula Vista. Lee Ann Kim, former KGTV-10 reporter and founder of the Pacific Arts Movement, will emcee the event, which also will include a performance by singer Elizabeth Schwartz. [Donald H. Harrison]
The Senate Judiciary Committee screens federal judicial candidates nominated by the President of the United States. It was in the news this week, along with Justices of the Supreme Court and district court judges in Amarillo, Texas and New York City. In San Diego, meanwhile, a Superior Court Judge was extolling the virtues of a courtroom dog. [Donald H. Harrison]
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So, it was off to the San Diego SEAL tour on Thursday and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Friday to engage in what Old Town Trolley Tours’ parent company, Historic Tours of America, calls “edu-tainment,” which refers to educating people while entertaining them. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Over coffee, Wayne explained to me that water from the higher elevations runs off regularly into the Bay. Sometimes it’s rainwater; other times it is water from people watering their lawns, or hosing off their driveways, or washing their cars. This water heads downhill, picking up whatever debris and pet excrement may lay in its path. Eventually, the polluted water may find its way into a storm drain and then flow down to Mission Bay or to any of the beaches along the Pacific Coast. [Donald H. Harrison]
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